I think it viewed more like a slideshow than an AMV... not my preferred style of video, because I like when footage in anime is adjusted to fit the song, not just appropriate (in terms of lyrics) images from Google floating around the screen. And effects by themselves don't 'wow' me.
And there was interlacing - this guide could help. If you need help with any of this, after you read the guide you could pop into one of the help sections in the forum (after searching for existing posts that may answer your question)
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... index.html
AMVs are funny things - there's never any standard.

And individual opinions seem to differ widely, but at least on technical issues, there's more likely to be a consensus.